Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I certainly agree with the Member that small businesses in the Northwest Territories are the backbone of the Northwest Territories economy. Not only do they provide a value-added, they also provide employment and growth.

Two of the things that we have to guard against in the Northwest Territories are the high cost of doing

business and leakages. One of the best ways to reduce the high cost of doing business is to reduce red tape. The Member quoted CFIB, and CFIB also said that 60 percent of the Members felt that we could reduce red tape by 10 to 15 percent without sacrificing any personal safety requirements. I would be quite pleased to work with all of the organizations that you mentioned. I do have a ministerial advisory panel in which NABA and the Chamber of Commerce are members of. Some of the things that we have done as a government, for example, under the SEED program, our application form we reviewed and reduced it to one page. We also have BizPaL, which will help us identify the permitting and licensing requirements. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.